#capcom classics collection

Date: June 1984 Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System / Arcade / Wii Shop Developer: Capcom / Micronics Publisher: Capcom / Romstar Incorporated Genre: Action / Platformer Theme: Fantasy Franchises: SonSon Aliases: SonSon / Son Son II / Capcom Generations / Capcom Generations 3: The First Generation / Strider 2 / Capcom Classics Collection / Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded / Minna to Capcom All-Stars / Rockman ×over / Capcom Arcade Cabinet / Street Fighter X All Capcom / Capcom Super League Online / Capcom Fighting Collection / Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium Type: Retelling / Crossover

Summary:

Son Son is Capcom's tribute to a Chinese legend called Xiyou Ji, meaning 'Journey to the West', considered to be one of the four classic pieces of Chinese literature. The main character in Xiyou Ji is Sun Wukong, or, when the words are pronounced as if they were Japanese kanji, Son Gokuu (hence the name Son Son).

All of Son Wukong's companions besides Zhu Bajie (Pigsy) are snatched by a demon and it's up to the two of them to chase after the demon and rescue them. The game auto-scrolls with multiple platform "tiers" and the player must switch between them and attack incoming enemies with their weapon. By switching tiers, the player can collect score items.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SonSon

A selection of Western-made games released in Japan - retro compilation edition

Namco Museum 50th Anniversary [Namco Museum Arcade Hits!] (PlayStation 2, 2006) ORIGINAL PUBLISHER(S): Namco / JAPANESE PUBLISHER(S): Namco / DEVELOPER(S): Digital Eclipse

Game Center USA: Midway Arcade Treasures (PlayStation 2, 2006) (JAPANESE EXCLUSIVE) PUBLISHER(S): Success / DEVELOPER(S): Digital Eclipse

Namco Museum (Game Boy Advance, 2001) ORIGINAL PUBLISHER(S): Namco / JAPANESE PUBLISHER(S): Namco / DEVELOPER(S): Mass Media

Pac-Man Collection (Game Boy Advance, 2002) ORIGINAL PUBLISHER(S): Namco (US), Infogrames (EU) / JAPANESE PUBLISHER(S): Namco / DEVELOPER(S): Mass Media

Capcom Classics Collection (PlayStation 2, 2006) ORIGINAL PUBLISHER(S): Capcom / JAPANESE PUBLISHER(S): Capcom / DEVELOPER(S): Digital Eclipse

Metal Slug Anthology [Metal Slug Complete] (PlayStation 2/PlayStation Portable/Wii, 2007) ORIGINAL PUBLISHER(S): SNK Playmore / JAPANESE PUBLISHER(S): SNK Playmore / DEVELOPER(S): Terminal Reality

SNK Arcade Classics 0 (PlayStation Portable, 2011) (JAPANESE EXCLUSIVE) PUBLISHER(S): SNK Playmore / DEVELOPER(S): G1M2

SNK Arcade Classics Vol.1 (PlayStation Portable, 2009) ORIGINAL PUBLISHER(S): SNK Playmore / JAPANESE PUBLISHER(S): SNK Playmore / DEVELOPER(S): Terminal Reality (cover taken from the SNK Best Collection reprint as it was the only good quality scan I could find)

Retro Atari Classics [Atarimix Happy 10 Games] (Nintendo DS, 2005) ORIGINAL PUBLISHER(S): Atari / JAPANESE PUBLISHER(S): Atari Japan / DEVELOPER(S): Taniko

Mega Man Legacy Collection [Rockman Classics Collection] (Nintendo 3DS, 2016) ORIGINAL PUBLISHER(S): Capcom / JAPANESE PUBLISHER(S): Capcom / DEVELOPER(S): Digital Eclipse

Japan's obviously gotten loads of retro compilations over the years, some exclusive to the region, but they've also gotten a few Western-developed ones as well... mostly ones by Digital Eclipse 'cause they were super prominent back then in that area.

Some facts about these... Namco Museum Arcade Hits! differs from the original 50th Anniversary in a few ways, mainly by having the unlockable Pac-Mania and Galaga '88 available right from the start, and replacing the licensed soundtrack featured in the original release's main menu with an originally composed track. Other than that (and the fact that it's all in Japanese, obviously), it's the same as the original English release.

Game Center USA is in fact a compilation of compilations; it features various games from both Midway Arcade Treasures 1 and 2, but rather than unifying it all in one menu, the game has you select either Arcade Treasures 1 or 2 from a menu, which leads to the menus from the respective original compilations. Notably a fair few of the more violent games from the original Arcade Treasures 1 and 2 are absent (namely NARC, Smash TV and the Mortal Kombats), with the exception of Total Carnage. If it was edited in any way I have no idea; I haven't been able to find an ISO of it, and videos of this particular release are basically non-existent online.

Namco Museum GBA and Pac-Man Collection are somewhat amusing in that the Namco Museum title they both use as a base (the 2001/2002 PS2/GameCube/Xbox game, just titled Namco Museum) never reached Japan (or Europe, for that matter), so, in the case of Pac-Man Collection, it's the only home port of Pac-Man Arrangement (the 1996 original) they ever got. Both collections eventually got re-released on the Wii U Virtual Console in 2014, with Pac-Man Collection being Namco Bandai's first GBA release on the service in Japan. However, in April of this year, this was delisted from the Japanese eShop, and only on the Japanese eShop, strangely; other regions still have it available. Why was it delisted specifically in Japan, we don't know.

Regarding Capcom Classics, of the three that Digital Eclipse developed, this is the only one the country got; neither Remixed for the PSP nor Volume 2 made it over there. The only other one they got was Reloaded, the second PSP one, which was made and released in Japan first by Capcom themselves... and was mostly the same as this original PS2 one in terms of games, anyway, considering both took the old Capcom Generations PS1 releases as their base. This amusingly mirrors a bit what would happen with the two Mega Man Legacy Collection games, where Digital Eclipse made the first and Capcom themselves handled the second. Speaking of which...

Mega Man Legacy Collection also saw its PS4 and Xbox One versions being released in the region, but unlike North America, these two didn't get physical releases, only the 3DS version... and even then in this version's case they didn't get that Collector's Edition with the gold Mega Man amiibo. Oh well. Also interesting is that, in Japan, the 3DS version came first, unlike everywhere else where the PS4/One/PC versions were the first.

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